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overijssel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
over-i-js-sel
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province of the Netherlands, with Zwolle as capital city and Enschede the largest city.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Overijssel, meaning “[land] across the IJssel”, from the perspective of the bishopric of Utrecht by which it was held until 1528.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does overijssel mean?
A province of the Netherlands, with Zwolle as capital city and Enschede the largest city.
Where does overijssel come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

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